Tuscan Bean Soup Recipe
Tuscan Bean Soup Recipe
Author: Cynthia Lee
Nutrition Information
- Serves: 4
- Calories: 158
- Fat: 3 g
- Carbohydrates: 25 g
- Sodium: 379 mg
- Protein: 10 g
Recipe type: Appetiser
Cuisine: Italian
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This Tuscan Bean Soup recipe is a colourful and flavourful blend of various nutritious and crusty ingredients. It is a velvety and smooth dish, preferred and enjoyed in the Tuscan countryside from centuries. Although there is no specific time to make a Tuscan Bean Soup, but you can make during the cold winter days to will warm your heart and your stomach inside out.
Ingredients
- Olive oil – virgin Olive oil is preferred: 3 tablespoons
- Carrot cubes - finely sliced: 1 ½ cups
- Onion – finely chopped: 1 small
- Garlic cloves - finely minced: 2
- Cannellini beans - well rinsed & drained: 30 ounces
- Chicken broth: 1 box (about 32 ounce)
- Dried Italian seasoning: 3 teaspoons
- Salt – kosher salt is preferred: ¾ teaspoon
- Pepper: ¼ teaspoon
- Baby spinach – rinsed and drained: 5 ounce
Instructions
- Dispense 3 tablespoons of olive oil right into the centre of a cooking pot and warm it by placing on a stove with medium heat.
- Stir in 1 ½ cups of carrot cubes, chopped onion, and finely minced garlic cloves.
- Now stir fry this mixture for 2 to 3 minutes until the ingredient are soft but not browned.
- Once the carrot-onion mixture is tender, add 30 ounces of well rinsed and drained cannellini beans and coat well, using large wooden ladle.
- Top the mixture with 32 ounce of smooth chicken broth and dust with 3 teaspoons dried and ground Italian seasoning.
- Stir in ¾ teaspoon of salt and let the mixture cook for 5 minutes.
- Now, reduce the heat level to medium-low, cover the pot by setting its lid at the top and let it simmer for the next 10 to 15 minutes.
- Remove the pot from heat and top the soup in it with 5 ounce of fresh baby spinach leaves.
- Cover the pot again and set aside for few minutes until the spinach leaves wilt properly and soft.
- Until then, arrange 4 to 6 medium soup bowls in an order and place spoons in them.
- Use a big deep wooden ladle to divide the Tuscan Bean Soup among the bowls and dust the soups with some finely ground black pepper.
- Serve warm with crusty bread and enjoy!
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Goes well with:
Roast Beef Sandwich
Time to end your mid-day cravings with a full snack.